2 Kings 24:4:72 Kgs.24.4.W7TAB
דָּ֣ם
dam
“blood”
- Transliteration
- DAM
- Extended
- DAAM
- IPA
- /ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- blood
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DAM
- phraseyour reading level
DAM na-KI
- clause
ve-GAM DAM-ha-na-KI a-SHER sha-FAKH va-ye-mal-LE ET-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim DAM na-KI
- sentence
ve-GAM DAM-ha-na-KI a-SHER sha-FAKH va-ye-mal-LE ET-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim DAM na-KI ve-LO-a-VA Ye-ho-VAH lis-LO-akh
Exegesis
The relative clause asher shafakh {אֲשֶׁר שָׁפָךְ | ʾă-šer šā-phaḵ} ‘which he shed’ links the subject to its action, followed by vayemalle et yerushalayim dām nā-qî {וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑י | way-me-lêʾ ʾet yĕ-rû-šā-lā-yim dām nā-qî} ‘and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood’, where the direct object marker et intensifies the effect.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–mem–mem
“blood”
In context — 2 Kings 24:4
And also the blood of the innocent which he shed, and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD was not willing to forgive.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 24:4, so the Hebrew word דָּ֣ם (dam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.24.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.4.W7.S1) and character.